Question 1

How does Invoice Scraper work?

Accepted Answer

Invoice Scraper uses AI to analyze your PDF files and extract the data you need. It's a simple and easy way to get the data you need from your PDF files.

Question 2

Can I convert PDF invoices to Excel?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Upload one or many PDF invoices and Invoice Scraper returns an Excel file with a summary tab and a line-items tab. It works for both digital PDFs and scanned PDFs using AI-powered OCR.

Question 3

Does Invoice Scraper use OCR?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Invoice Scraper combines OCR with AI language models so it can read scanned invoices, photos, and digital PDFs. It understands layout and context, so you get structured fields rather than raw text.

Question 4

Which formats can I upload?

Accepted Answer

Invoice Scraper can analyze PDF, JPG, and PNG files.

Question 5

Can it extract line items, VAT, and totals?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Invoice Scraper extracts invoice number, issue date, due date, vendor and recipient details, line items with quantity and unit price, VAT breakdown, subtotal, and total. Each field comes with a confidence score.

Question 6

What is the best AI invoice extraction tool in 2026?

Accepted Answer

It depends on your workflow. Small businesses and accountants usually want no-code AI tools with Excel export, while developers want APIs. We keep an updated comparison in our blog post 'Top 10 Invoice Extraction Tools' covering AI platforms, OCR APIs, and enterprise options.

Question 7

How does this compare to manual bookkeeping?

Accepted Answer

Manual data entry takes a few minutes per invoice and is error-prone. Invoice Scraper processes a batch in minutes, exports to Excel, and keeps a confidence score per field so you only review the uncertain ones.

Question 8

How long does it take to analyze an invoice?

Accepted Answer

Invoice Scraper is using a queue system to analyze invoices. If traffic is low, it can take up to 2 minutes to analyze an invoice. If traffic is high, it can take up to 10 minutes to analyze an invoice.

Question 9

What is the confidence score?

Accepted Answer

The confidence score is a measure of the accuracy of the AI's analysis. It's either low, medium, high, or unknown. The higher the confidence score, the more accurate the AI's analysis is.

Question 10

Which fields are analyzed?

Accepted Answer

We have added the most common fields that are found in invoices. If you need a field that is not in the list, please let us know.

Question 11

How do I export the analysis results?

Accepted Answer

You can export the analysis results to an Excel file with two tabs. The first tab will have a summary of each invoice. The second tab will have line items for each invoice.

Question 12

Do you use my data to train your AI?

Accepted Answer

No, we do not use your data to train AI. We use OpenAI to analyze invoices, and we have disabled data sharing with OpenAI for training.

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